Door-lock



N. O. BILLINGSK DOOR LOCK.

APPLICATION HLED JULY i0, 1917.

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NELSON o. BILLINGS, OE EUGENE, OREGON, AssIGNoR or' ONE-HALE To GASPARA. RiLLIN'Gs, or ASTORIA, OREGON.

DOOR-LOCK.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 10, 1917. Serial N'o. 179,662.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, NELSON O. BILLINGS, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of Eugene, county ofLane, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Door-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door locks,fand more particularly to acombination door lock, the bolt-operating connectlons of which can berendered inoperative by a combination mechanism which is controlledbyone of the knobs, with means for setting, or locking, said combinationmechanism so that the bolt can be manipulated by means of said knobwithout throwing olf the combination.

Another object of my invention is to provide a second door knob havingits operating stern or bolt extended into the lock mechanism atanotherlocation, whereby the lockbolt of said mechanism may be operated at alltimes by means of said second knob.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from thefollowing description of one practical embodiment thereof, taken withthe accompanying sheet of drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary portlon of a door, with my lock in placetherein;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an inside view of the lockk mechanism removed from the door,one of the side plates being removed therefrom;

Fig. 4 is a vertical, sectional view, taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, andalso showing the bolt operating knobs; Y

Fig. 5 is a horizontal, sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of a special tumbler, or disk, forming apart of the combination controlling mechanism; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view thereof, taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, my lock comprises a lockbox, or casing, 1, of any desired size, or type, having an` edge faceplate 2, adapted to be seated flush with the edge of the door D, asclearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Slidablymountf ed within said lockbox, or casing 1, is a lock bolt 3, the inner portion of which isprovided with two lug-like shoulders 4--4, provided with holes 5 5..Said bolt 3, is of loop form at its inner end, as clearly indicated inFig. 3, vwhereby a coiled spring 6,

can be inserted therein, bearing at one end against said bolt, and atits opposite end against an anchor block 7, whereby said bolt isnormally held extended through the face plate 2, as shown. Pivotallysuspended between the side members of said box, or casing, 1, is anoperating lever 8, the lower end of which has operating connections, asat 9, with said lock bolt 3. An operating member ,'10, provided with asquare hole 11, to receive the knob bolt 12, is seated between the sideplates of said casing l, and is provided with short and long levers 13and 14, having bearing rollers`15 and 15, at their ends adapted to bearagainst said operating lever 8, whereby as said knob bolt l2 is turnedby means of its lmob 16, said operating member l0 is rocked so that onevor the other of its lever portions 13 or 14v swings the operating lever8 rearwardly, thus drawing the lock bolt 3 inwardly against the tensionof the yspring 6, no matter which way the knob 16 is turned.

Pivotally connected to one of the shoulders 4, of said lock bolt 3, is ahook-like member 17, the hooked end of which is adapted to ride upon theedges of three disks 18, 19 and 20, mounted between the sides of thecasing 1, and adapted to receive the operating bolt 21 of the knob 22.The outer disk 20, shown in Figs. 6 and 7, is provided with asquare'hole, whereby it is turnedwhenever the knob v2.2 and its bolt 21are turned. Said 'disks 18, 19 and 20 are provided, respectively, withnotches` 18', 19 and 20. The disk 20 is also formed with a notch, orshoulder, 20a, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6. v Said disk 2O is alsoprovided on its inner face with a transfer knob 20h, whichhas aninteritting or transfer engagement with the next adjacent disk 19, andsaid. disk 19 has a similar transfer, or connection, with the disk 18.As these operating connections from one disk to another in a combinationmechanism is old, the details thereof need not here be more particularlyshown. The disks can be turned to bring their notches 18, 19 and 20 intoregister with each other at thetop of the disks, whereby the hookedmember 17, carried b-y the lock bolt 3, drops into said notches, asshown in Fig. 3. Thus' when said knob 22, and said disks are now turnedto the right, they operate through. said hooked member 17 to draw thelock bolt 3 inwardly into the casing 1, thus allowing thedoor todosopened. Shouldthe knob-22 Y. be turned to the left, it turnsy the disk.20, therewith, whereupon the curved portion o its notch 20, operatesandlany sufficienttturningof said .disks will.- throw off' thecombination. In order to set said combination against/being thrownoft-,- I have provided a pivoted latch 23the innerend ofiwhich1engages-the shoulder-1,20*?, off'thedisl'sQO-,Uwhen the outer end23' ofsaidi pivote'dlatch 23* is l raised. To' this endsaidlatchiprojectsi-through the -face plate'iny convenient position tobe'raised l andlowered by theinger, at willil A coi-led spring 24,operatestoholdf saidvv latch v23 'in'.v its raised, or' lowered,2position', asthecase-may be'. Its willltllus beiseenthatwhen'sai'dilatch isset so thatl its innenendengages; the notch= 20a,in the: disk-20;that'y neitherfsaid diskY 20 fnorf the knob Q'Qcan lbe.turnedlto they lett", vthus mak# ing impossible to throw oi the;combinationuntil the: latchl Q3;- ismoved out .ofl engagement' with thenotchlQOa.V S'aidfknob 22 and 1' said dislr-j20, however, can ybe*turned to theiright, at will; `orgthepur-pose lof draw-v ingtheflojclr'fbolt 3' into tliecaslngfili lVIofl-intedontheshank; orboltg'21, oftli'e knob 22,- lis ,a-combination disk; 25,l lwhich isturned withf--the.lnobY and 'its'bolt Q1 and controls '-the positioning'ot theVV combination disksy 18,19 and 20, in bringing thenot'chesthereinlinto' register witlif'each other2 so asv to receive,` the"3li'ooled`` member 17,-l as shownz in Figi'k 3;*and vvhereinbef'oredescribed. Said combination'f. dislrfl 25,- bears against*v a' faceplate: f'lwhichmay be mounted uponY the sideof the'd'oor,fasshown:LA f

Mounted" inthe facelplate; is a minia p ture electric lamp27,-partiallysurrounded by-"a'hood- 28,1on Qtlieface plate"- -261 Asmall).'storagel batt'er'y-v 29, v may be'v mounted in hev lcl casingI1, fromwhich the circuit wiresJ 30A and 311 jmay be extended to saidminiaturclamp, said circuit also includ-1 ing a little 7 press button,-.or' switch, for

whichis positioned to show the combination. Al alsekey. lool; 3'3", isalso shown, and tllis may 'be used for any lplurpopse.v desired,

sucht, forx example', as setting` otl'-'a` burglar valarnrin caseitis@manipulated,.but which for-msi no -part of the presentIinvention-,f and, therefore,-is-notlshown.- 4 l Y Txhuseitwill "iseenthatIhave'provided acombinatioI-i1 *door loc-k,v theY lock" bolt ofwldiclt- 'canvbe manipulatedby means of an independent inside Vknob1'6",l having operati ing connections withl said bolt, or said bolt canbemanipulated by tan f indep endent outside knob 22, after. the.:`combination mechanisnisihavebeenproperly set so'that theopefrating*,-hoolredE member" carried byV the lockfboltf, drops into theVoperatingnotches 18", Y 19' and;- 20, of ythe combination' disks,

to lift the hooked-t. member 17, up on to the edges of said disksmr as.hereinbefore described I. have. alsolprvided convenient latchmechanism, Vwhereby the combination mechanism can be set against beingthrownoff when it is desired toleave the lock so that one may enter fromtheoutside. without the necessity of working the combination.

The 'loclr'bolt- 3, by havingktwo lug-like shoulders 4-4, is reversible,the hooked member 17, being interchangeableiomone 1 'tothe other, asisclearly indicated-from-the drawings; Y

Ii am` aware that' change-s in details-1v can =be Y madel in' my'invention'as'hereshownrfand described, Without departing-fromthe-spiritthereofg and' Ii do" not, therefore; limit Ythis inventionl to thesedetails, except' as 1I may be limited by the hereto `appended lclaimsi;I claim: LA lockofthe'ch-amcter`x referredito comprising a casing,aboltV slidableitherein, a: spring-normally holding' saidbolt1eTl/xtended through fsaid casing; abolti moving mem-V berpivotallyconnected?at'onefendtb said boltand at" its other.'endlprovided:` w-ithfa hook-like portion, a series of combinationdislsprovided with 4vnotches to receive said hook-like'- portion l whensaid? notches arelin register, a knob with combinationyme'chanism foroperatingl said combination disks, an Voperating lever abovesaid-boltyand connected therewith'- at one `enditor rn'ovingthe same.without interteringv withd thef-'movementl offsaidlbolt by saidlboltmovingmem# ber,- anda handfl knobatf-a different' location inI saidicasingfwith vcormectionsT4 fbr operating saidv operating lever andsai'dboltindependentlyf oflsaidf first' men'tionedg knob, whereby saidbolt can g be; operated l' thereby at any time,jsubstantiallyias'described- 2 'Inaldoor loclof'the-'clraraeter Areferred to, a casing',*af -loclr bolt`` slid'ably-monnted thereimandadapted at its upper andlower edges to haveA ani operating member pivotally.connectedtherewith,an-operatingindemL ber pivotally connected-'to tllefloweriedgeof Y saidboltjinv theI samef'f'planetherewithA a combination mechanismadaptedtobei set p for' automatically connecti-ngwith said Aoperatingniemberg aknob -connected-witllfsaid combination mechanism* for" operatingythesaineandi for`^ moving 'said bolt, an operat-YY ing member above saidbolt'and connected therewith, a secondlknobconnectedinsaid oppositeA.side thereof,1 and adapted f to inove independently of saidfcombination mec'h'a-` 'nisnr and"v Vrst mentioned knob, and? latch liokY saidibolt when' turned inzei-therV direction, V Y

besopemt'ed by'saidcombination mechamism c 'and i it'lsrlrobnvitliontthrowing offl'tlle.. combination, substantially as described;

3. A door lock comprising a lock casing, a lock-bolt slidably mountedtherein, a hool like operating member pivotally connected with the loweredge of said bolt and lying in the same plane therewith, a plurality ofaxially arranged disks provided with notches in their edges adapted tobe moved into reg ister with each other to receive said hooked member, aknob for operating said disks, and said hooked member, for moving saidlock bolt, a swinging lever pivoted at its upper end in said casing andconnected at its lower end with said lock bolt, a second Copies of thispatent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the knob throughsaid casing, and an operating member connected with said knob andoperating against said swinging lever, whereby to move said lock boltwhen said knob is turned in either direction, independently of saidfirst mentioned knob, substantially as described.

Signed at Eugene, Lane county, Oregon, this 29th day of June, 1917.

NELSON O; BILLINGS. In Presence of GEO. G. DoRRIs, VERA GWIN.

"Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

